Inquiry Clerks: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Inquiry Clerks is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 4225) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Counter enquiries clerk
  • Information clerk
5European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
5countries report a surplus
12,106open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
4225ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 5 European countries reported a shortage of inquiry clerks: Finland, Greece, Italy, Netherlands and Romania. 5 reported a surplus: Bulgaria, Finland, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Portugal. Finland appears in both lists, which usually means shortages in some regions and surpluses in others.

Latest inquiry clerks job ads

Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).

Germany

11,651 open ads

Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany

Sweden

455 open ads

Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden

Where inquiry clerks are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all clerical support workers (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
GreeceShortage€1,507 a month *Athens: €1,150
ItalyShortage€2,419 a month *Rome: €1,300
NetherlandsShortage€3,126 a monthNot yet verified
RomaniaShortage€981 a month *Not yet verified
FinlandShortage and surplus€2,959 a month *Helsinki: €1,150
BulgariaSurplus€667 a monthSofia: €650
LithuaniaSurplus€1,506 a monthVilnius: €830
LuxembourgSurplus€4,385 a month *Luxembourg: €1,900
PortugalSurplus€1,198 a month *Lisbon: €1,400

Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all clerical support workers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for inquiry clerks alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What inquiry clerks do

Inquiry clerks respond to personal, written, electronic mail, and telephone inquiries and complaints about the organization’s goods, services and policies, provide information and refer people to other sources. They are employed in locations which put them in direct contact with clients or with the production of the goods and services provided.

Typical tasks

  • Answering inquiries about goods services, and policy and providing information about their availability, location, price and related issues
  • Responding to inquiries about problems and providing advice, information and assistance
  • Recording information about inquiries and complaints
  • Referring complex inquiries to team leaders or expert advisers
  • Issuing relevant forms, information kits and brochures to interested parties

Finding inquiry clerks jobs in Europe

  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Information clerk".
  • Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
  • If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.

Cost of living where the jobs are

Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:

About this data

  • Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
  • Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
  • Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
  • Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.

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